Dan Bilzerian Archives - Dr. Rich Swier

Perhaps the most bizarre of the lunatic antisemites who have slithered into the public consciousness, chiefly through their social media postings, is one Dan Bilzerian. He is bad enough, all by himself, in his hysteria and hate, but he has also attracted a crowd of admirers who have been prompted to add, by his example, their wretched mite of antisemitic nonsense. After receiving many complaints about antisemitic content on X, Musk vowed to clamp down on antisemitism, yet Bilzerian still appears on the site, still spews his venom unconstrained. Musk can do what he likes on X; he’s free to keep on, or keep off, anyone he wishes. He has decided that he is, and will remain, a free-speech absolutist. He can, of course, post speech — lots of it — that contradicts or mocks those posters, such as Dan Bilzerian, with whom he disagrees. “Fighting speech with more speech” – you’ve heard that homely bit of free-speech wisdom many times.

More on Bilzerian found here: “Who Is Dan Bilzerian? The Israel-Obsessed, Jew-Hating Misogynist That the Media Made,” by Rachel O’Donoghue, HonestReporting, August 29, 2024:

American poker player, businessman, and social media influencer Dan Bilzerian’s recent contributions to the social media platform X have followed a disturbing pattern: a video of himself on a podcast denying the Hamas atrocities of October 7, a graphic filled with fake Talmud quotes, and a two-word reply to a post urging America to stand firmly against Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed terrorist group: “Fuck You.”

Ah, the sparkling wit we’ve come to expect from the illustrious ranks of social media influencers who are using the Israel-Hamas war as an excuse to spew antisemitism. Among these beacons of intellectual discourse, we find Nick Fuentes, Candace Owens, Jake Shields, and Jackson Hinkle—an impressive lineup of personalities united in their shared fondness for anti-Jewish bigotry.

But let’s refocus on Bilzerian.

Dan Bilzerian first stumbled into the spotlight during the rise of social media in the mid-2000s, where he generously shared an insight into his luxury lifestyle with impressionable young followers worldwide. His Instagram, boasting 32 million followers, sticks to a simple formula: a slew of staged photos featuring Bilzerian surrounded by scantily clad women.

Though Bilzerian claims to have amassed his fortune as a professional poker player, this claim—like much of what he says—is doubtful. Other professionals in the poker world dispute his supposed mastery of the game, and it’s far more plausible that his wealth stems from a hefty inheritance from his father, convicted fraudster Paul Bilzerian.

Yet, despite Bilzerian’s shaky relationship with the truth, his repugnant views on women, and his dubious financial history, the media inexplicably did, and continue, to try and elevate him into the echelons of stardom.

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A Monster of the Media’s Making

Journalists from even the most reputable publications have helped Bilzerian build his brand over the years. Take GQ contributing editor Chris Ayres, for example, who penned a feature for the glossy men’s magazine in 2019 titled, ‘Instagram king, womaniser, and wannabe cannabis multibillionaire: we spend a day with Dan Bilzerian,’ where he sounded almost in awe of his subject.

Or the interview with Men’s Health in which Bilzerian was asked how he manages to live a “rock star lifestyle” while maintaining a “cover star body,” yet somehow wasn’t questioned about why anyone should be taking fitness advice from a man who admitted that cocaine and Viagra binges led to him having two heart attacks.

Of course, these are just a couple of examples in a sea of press coverage that initially gave a platform to what was then clearly an unpleasant individual—an individual who has recently revealed himself to be an antisemite and who now has a mega-platform from which to spread incitement against Jews.

Good job, media. Who could’ve seen that coming?

Joining the Ranks of Influencer Antisemites

Seriously, the media really should have seen it coming, considering Bilzerian has been posting antisemitic comments on what was then Twitter as far back as 2011, including a tweet blaming Jews for the September 11th Al-Qaeda attacks.

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However, like many other influencers, Bilzerian’s sudden interest in Israel only really ignited after the October 7 Hamas massacre that sparked the current war in Gaza.

This year, he’s posted dozens of disturbing comments about the Jewish state, including conspiratorial claims that Israel murdered U.S. soldiers, that Israel’s Mossad controls the U.S. government, and that Israel orchestrated October 7 as a pretext to seize land in Gaza….

The only US soldiers killed in the Middle East — other than those who died in the Iraq War — have been killed by Arabs, not Jews. There were, for example, the 241 military personnel, mostly Marines, who were blown up in their barracks in Beirut by Hezbollah in 1983. There are the dozens of US soldiers in both Syria and Iraq who have died during the last few years after being fired upon by the pro-Iranian militia in Iraq, the Kata’ib Hezbollah. There was Taylor Force, an American soldier stabbed to death by a Hamas terrorist in Jerusalem in 2016.

As for Bilzerian’s charge about Mossad controlling the US government, we are again in Protocols-of-the-Elders-of-Zion territory, with “Jews who control the banks,” or “Jews who control the media,” or “Jews who control the government.” If Mossad controls the US government, as Bilzerian claims, why haven’t their agents eliminated him? Or at the very least, shut him down. What’s holding them back?

Elon Musk is determined, it appears, to remain true to his free-speech absolutism. So here’s some free advice to the richest man in the world. Hire a few dozen people, properly informed about the history of the Jews, about antisemitism, about Israel and the Palestinians, about the texts and teachings of Islam about non-Muslims, especially Jews, and let that Rapid Response Team be at the ready, whenever antisemitic tweets appear on X, to answer back at once with facts and figures. What territory did the Mandate for Palestine originally assign to the future Jewish National Home? When were the “Palestinian people” invented? Who started the Arab-Israeli wars of 1948, 1967, and 1973? What is in the Hamas Charter? What does UNSC Resolution 242 say about the territory Israel won the Six-Day War? In how many ways, and to what extent, does the IDF warn civilians in Gaza to move away from sites about to be targeted? What did Winston Churchill say about Islam? What did Zuheir Mohsen, leader of the Palestinian terror group As Saiqa, say about the soi-disant “Palestinian people”? Why has no one until Dan Bilzerian ever come up with the bizarre charge that “the Jews killed 13 American Presidents”? What proof is there that “Mossad runs the U.S. government”? How many Arab states, covering what land area, now exist, and how does that area compare to the size of tiny Israel? In what countries are Arabs still enslaving black Africans? Who said that non-Muslims are “the most vile of created beings”? What Muslim figure had sexual intercourse with his nine-year-old wife? Who said “war is deception”? Who said “I have been made victorious through terror”?

That ever-alert truth squad should eventually wear down the bilzerians of this world, who will take their hysteria and hate elsewhere. Good riddance.

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